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Ed Flemke Sr started his driving career in 1948 running in the Jalopy class. In the 1950's he was a regular at the Riverside Park Speedway in the Modified division winning the track championship in 1956 and 1958.
In the 1960's he became the leader of a group of racer's called the "East Coast Bandit's" that raced, and won all up and down the east coast.
In the 1970's Flemke Sr became known for winning the "Big Money" races as he won the 1973 Spring Sizzler at Stafford, the 1977 Thompson 300, and two Utica Rome 400's. It is estimated that Flemke Sr had 500 victory's in his career. Steady Eddie retired in 1978 running his last race at Stafford.
Flemke Sr was also known as a chassis expert an inovater, and was a founding member of NEAR in 1981. Sadly, he passed away in 1984 of natural causes.
The old straight axel front ends back in the '70s were know as "Flemke front ends". I believe that is because he figured out how to make them work and everyone copied them. He was a great racer.
